The show "Time in Greece" and Nikos Angelidis pay tribute to the revolutionary poet of the people, Pablo Neruda. On this day, 120 years ago… the incomparable Chilean poet and author, with over 30 books to his credit, was born in the city of Paral. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971 a...
Instead of ports, on today’s voyage we are visiting songs that contain references to sailors, to the heroes of the seas, their achievements and their concerns, their departures and their arrivals. These songs are performed by notable folk vocalists, from Vicky Mosholiou to Giannis Parios and from E...
A special tribute to the great Manos Katrakis with unknown moments of his life, his career and his struggle for a humane life, far from exploiters, conquerors and barbarians. We "see" the immortal actor on the stage but also on the field where he starred as a centerback! We also learn about his bloody...
Today, our tribute to sailors continues, with a menu of songs that includes beautiful laiko tunes. Poly Panou, Stratos Dionysiou, Giota Lydia, Rena Koumioti and Marinella are just some of the robust, original folk voices that will be keeping us company. In addition, we will be listening to some equally...
Today, we are proceeding with our voyage across songs that contain references to seamen, to their adventures, their worries and their joys. Some of the greatest songwriters and vocalists will be keeping us company – from Arleta to Giota Nega and from Hainides band to Loudovikos from Anogeia. Really, i...
Today’s menu includes folk songs about sailors by huge names such as Stelios Kazantzidis, Poly Panou, Giorgos Margaritis and Vicky Mosholiou. Some of them are songs of melancholy, farewell and contemplation. Others are songs of joy. One way or another, the density with which the theme of seamen and s...
A huge figure of Greek sports. Konstantinos Tsiklitiras went down in history, not only for his performance in a very difficult time, but also for the quality of his character, his stubbornness and his indomitable logic… The show "Athens Time" and Nikolas Angelidis present unknown aspects of the life o...
On Sunday, July 7, "Our Town" was dedicated to Giorgos Katsaros.The composer and guitarist was an amazing case, unique both in his life and in his work. We can say that he was the first Greek who literally went around the world playing to expatriates and to the wider public of each country the wonderful...
Summer tunes vol.3 - the Heatwave edition
I love live recordings – they convey the atmosphere of the concert, the sense of togetherness, this fantastic interaction among the performer, the musicians and the audience. Today, we will be listening to the great voices of the 1980s and to moments from their concerts recorded live. From Vassilis L...
He wanted to make history and awaken the world. He wanted Greece and Crete to be heard to the ends of the earth! Giorgos Stathakis, an immigrant in the 1930s, worked as a cook in Buffalo, New York. He was stuck with the idea of falling into Niagara, huddled in a barrel. He tried to achieve the impossible......
Singer-songwriters are a thing of the 1980s - a trend that later developed further and flourished in the following decade. But what is a singer-songwriter? Basically, they are artists who undertake all the stages of song creation, writing the lyrics and the melodies and performing the songs themselves,...
The Greek 1980s are pop, no doubt about that. Constantina, Alexia, Sofia Vossou and Andreas Mikroutsikos, Manto, Costas Haritodiplomenos and Michalis Rakintzis are just some of the names that fuel a light and uplifting genre. It is a genre that reflects the positivity, the innocence, the optimism and...
The show "Time in Greece" with Nikos Angelidis revisits a historic event from July 3, 1964. On that day, far-right protesters stormed the Greek Parliament during a discussion on the Cyprus problem. A group of far-right elements invade Parliament, clash with Parliament officials. The intruders come to...
Today, we will be listening to a web of albums and artists that together formulated the new folk sound of the 1980s. Their common foundation is lyricist Manolis Rasoulis, a poet and a philosopher, a true intellectual who altered the course of Greek song. Rasoulis delivered a range of outstanding albums,...
Greek rock is cool and the eighties are cool too – in fact, the coolest of all decades. There are so many iconic looks and styles from the 80s that it's hard to know where to start. As for Greek rock, a vast spectrum of music geniuses, from Tzimis Panousis to Vlassis Bonatsos and from Nikolas Asimos t...
The award-winning composer Giorgos Krimizakis, who has been honored at five festivals, was a guest on the show “Journeys Basking in Greek Light” hosted by Giannis Papoutsakis, on June 30th. Mr. Krimizakis talked about his hit songs and his collaborations with big names such as Poulopoulos, Marinella, Vos...
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